{"id":169380,"date":"2022-12-13T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=169380"},"modified":"2022-12-13T09:21:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:21:07","slug":"newjersey-dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum","title":{"rendered":"Danny&#8217;s Holiday Hits on Steel Drum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/HC1AaxCUVC8&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Danny is a new participant in Best Buddies New Jersey&#8217;s Pre-ETS program, who has been playing and performing steel drum and piano for eight years. Danny loves the Beatles, and was a finalist in the soundalike and trivia contests at a Beatles Convention! Danny also loves trivia and wants to grow up to become a game show host.<\/p>\n<p>Danny enjoys working with Donna Morgan, Best Buddies New Jersey Manager of Transition Programs, on developing self-advocacy skills. He finds her energy and enthusiasm very motivating!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DannyM26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out Danny&#8217;s Music Channel on YouTube<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2080,"featured_media":169381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"nj-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1577],"tags":[2570],"class_list":["post-169380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-jersey-news","tag-new-jersey-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Danny&#039;s Holiday Hits on Steel Drum - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Danny&#039;s Holiday Hits on Steel Drum - Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"leemosler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"leemosler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"leemosler\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560\"},\"headline\":\"Danny&#8217;s Holiday Hits on Steel Drum\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"new jersey news\"],\"articleSection\":[\"New Jersey News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/\",\"name\":\"Danny's Holiday Hits on Steel Drum - Best Buddies International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00\",\"description\":\"Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Danny's Holiday Hits on Steel Drum\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Danny&#8217;s Holiday Hits on Steel Drum\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"description\":\"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"width\":115,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"Best Buddies International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560\",\"name\":\"leemosler\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/leemosler\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Danny's Holiday Hits on Steel Drum - Best Buddies International","description":"Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Danny's Holiday Hits on Steel Drum - Best Buddies International","og_description":"Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/","og_site_name":"Best Buddies International","article_published_time":"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"leemosler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"leemosler","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/"},"author":{"name":"leemosler","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560"},"headline":"Danny&#8217;s Holiday Hits on Steel Drum","datePublished":"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/"},"wordCount":152,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp","keywords":["new jersey news"],"articleSection":["New Jersey News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/","name":"Danny's Holiday Hits on Steel Drum - Best Buddies International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp","datePublished":"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00","dateModified":"2022-12-13T14:21:07+00:00","description":"Watch Pre-ETS participant, Danny, play holiday hits on his steel drum!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-NJ-Dannys-Holiday-Hits.webp","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Danny's Holiday Hits on Steel Drum"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/newjersey\/dannys-holiday-hits-on-steel-drum\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Danny&#8217;s Holiday Hits on Steel Drum"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","name":"Best Buddies International","description":"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization","name":"Best Buddies International","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","width":115,"height":113,"caption":"Best Buddies International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560","name":"leemosler","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/leemosler\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2025-12-13 23:59:00","action":"delete","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2080"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169382,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169380\/revisions\/169382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}